World Jul 15 Turkey continues crackdown one year after failed coup It has been one year since renegade soldiers in Turkey attempted a failed coup to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Since Erdogan's security forces stopped the coup, his government has cracked down on perceived opponents with thousands of civil servants…
World Jul 15 In Russia, opposition grows as fear of the state fades While Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to seek a fourth term next year, the country’s largest anti-government movement in recent history continues to grow. For the final installment of NewsHour’s six-part series “Inside Putin’s Russia,” special correspondent Nick Shifrin…
Politics Jul 14 News Wrap: U.S. forces kill Abu Sayed, ISIS leader in Afghanistan In the our news wrap Friday, the U.S. military says ISIS leader Abu Sayed was killed Tuesday during a drone strike on ISIS headquarters in northwestern Afghanistan. The Justice Department said it will appeal directly to the Supreme Court after…
World Jul 14 What Russians think about Trump and the U.S. There may be no more consequential relationship for the U.S. than with Russia. As part of our week-long series “Inside Putin's Russia,” special correspondent Nick Schifrin and producer Zach Fannin report in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting…
Politics Jul 14 Shields and Brooks on fallout from Donald Trump Jr.'s emails, GOP health care reform Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Donald Trump’s trip abroad, fallout over a June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer, and…
Episode Jul 14 PBS NewsHour full episode July 14, 2017 Friday on the NewsHour, new revelations about a former Soviet counter-intelligence officer joining a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer. We continue our series "Inside Putin's Russia" with a look at the complex U.S.-Russia relationship under Trump.
World Jul 14 How Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo became the face of peaceful political opposition in China Nobel laureate and renowned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo died Thursday in China after complications with liver cancer. Since 2009, Liu had served time behind bars after calling for political reform that would democratize his homeland’s government. His work and…